A Congressman Who Doesn’t Think Lawmakers Should Trade Individual Stock Violated the STOCK Act

A spokesperson for New York Rep. Pat Ryan said Ryan “didn’t have any option to not transfer his shares” or “any ability to weigh in on the sale.”

Rep. Pat Ryan

Rep. Pat Ryan speaks with a reporter at the U.S. Capitol. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

A Democratic congressman who wants to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks has violated an existing conflicts-of-interest and transparency law by failing to properly disclose a personal stock sale.

New York Rep. Pat Ryan reported selling up to $50,000 worth of private stock shares in OnSolve LLC — an AI technology and emergency alert company in part used by governments — on July 31, 2024.

But Ryan didn’t publicly reveal the sale until last week — more than a year past a federally mandated 45-day deadline for disclosing such stock trades, according to a congressional financial document reviewed by NOTUS.